grits

present tense third-person singular of grit
as in scrapes
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain

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  • Gratitude hardly scratches the surface.
    KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Those were only some of the storylines around the NFL and that just scratches the surface.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Grits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grits. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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